[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 47 (Tuesday, April 3, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D308-D309]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 55 public bills, H.R. 1330-1384; 2 private bills, 
H.R. 1385-1386; and 7 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 93-96, and H. Res. 110, 
112-113, were introduced.                                
  Pages H1406-10
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 768, to amend the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 to 
make permanent the favorable treatment of need-based educational aid 
under the antitrust laws (H. Rept. 107-32);
  H.R. 642, to reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Office of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, amended (H. Rept. 107-33);
  H.R. 601, to ensure the continued access of hunters to those Federal 
lands included within the boundaries of the Craters of the Moon 
National Monument in the State of Idaho pursuant to Presidential 
Proclamation 7373 of November 9, 2000, and to continue the 
applicability of the Taylor Grazing Act to the disposition of grazing 
fees arising from the use of such lands, amended (H. Rept. 107-34);
  H.R. 581, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture to use funds appropriated for wildland fire 
management in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2001, to reimburse the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service to 
facilitate the interagency cooperation required under the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 in connection with wildland fire management (H. 
Rept. 107-35);
  H.R. 182, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a 
segment of the Eight Mile River in the State of Connecticut for study 
for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, 
amended (H. Rept. 107-36);
  H.R. 8, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to phaseout the 
estate and gift taxes over a 10-year period, amended (H. Rept. 107-37);
  H.R. 974, to increase the number of interaccount transfers which may 
be made from business accounts at depository institutions, to authorize 
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to pay interest on 
reserves, amended (H. Rept. 107-38); and
  H. Res. 111, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8) to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to phaseout the estate and gift 
taxes over a 10-year period (H. Rept. 107-39).               
Page H1406
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Aderholt to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.                                                       
  Page H1353
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, the Rev. 
Ronald F. Christian, Lutheran Social Services, Fairfax, Virginia. 
                                                             Page H1356
Recess: The House recessed at 12:54 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
                                                             Page H1356
Committee on Judiciary--Permission to File Reports During Recess: The 
Committee on the Judiciary was given permission to have until Friday, 
April 20th to file reports on H.R. 392, Private Relief Bill for Nancy 
Wilson; H.R. 503, Unborn Victims of Violence Act; H.R. 863, Consequence 
for Juvenile Offenders Act; H.R. 1209, Child Status Protection Act; and 
H.J. Res. 41, Tax Limitation Constitutional Amendment.       
  Page H1360
Committee on Financial Services--Permission to File Report: The 
Committee on Financial Services received permission to have until 
midnight to file a report on H.R. 1088, to amend the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 to reduce fees collected by the Securities and 
Exchange Commission.                                         
  Page H1385
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following suspensions:
  Need-Based Educational Aid: H.R. 768, to amend the Improving 
America's Schools Act of 1994 to make permanent the favorable treatment 
of need-based educational aid under the antitrust laws (passed by a yea 
and nay vote of 414 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 76); 
                                               Pages H1360-62, H1384-85
  Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness: H. Con. Res. 59, expressing the sense 
of Congress regarding the establishment of National Shaken Baby 
Syndrome Awareness Week. Agreed to amend the title;      
  Pages H1362-64
  Human Rights Situation in Cuba: H. Res. 91, expressing the sense of 
the House of Representatives regarding the human rights situation in 
Cuba (agreed to by a yea and nay vote of 347 yeas to 44 nays with 22 
voting ``present'', Roll No. 77);                 
  Pages H1364-74, H1385
  Human Rights Violations in China and Tibet: H. Res. 56, amended, 
urging the appropriate representative of the United States to the 
United Nations Commission on Human Rights to introduce at the annual 
meeting of the Commission a resolution calling upon the People's 
Republic of China to end its human rights violations in China and Tibet

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(agreed to by a yea and nay vote of 406 yeas to 6 nays with 6 voting 
``present'', Roll No. 78); and                 
  Pages H1368-74, H1385-86
  Small Business Interest Checking: H.R. 974, amended, to increase the 
number of interaccount transfers which may be made from business 
accounts at depository institutions, to authorize the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System to pay interest on reserves. 
Agreed to amend the title.                               
  Pages H1374-79
Suspensions--Proceedings Postponed: The House completed debate on the 
following motions to suspend the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed until Wednesday, April 3.
  Chesapeake Bay Office of NOAA: H.R. 642, amended, to reauthorize the 
Chesapeake Bay Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration; and                                      
  Pages H1357-60
  Revised Edition of ``Women in Congress'': H. Con. Res. 66, 
authorizing the printing of a revised and updated version of the House 
document entitled ``Women in Congress, 1917-1990''       
  Pages H1380-84
Committee to Attend the Funeral of the Late Honorable Norman Sisisky, a 
Representative from the Commonwealth of Virginia: Pursuant to H. Res. 
107, the Chair announced the Speaker's additional appointment of the 
following members to the committee to attend the funeral of the late 
Honorable Norman Sisisky: Representatives Waxman, Frost, Sensenbrenner, 
Hoyer, Levin, Spratt, Condit, Edwards, Reyes, and Turner.    
  Page H1384
District Work Period: The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 93, providing 
for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a 
conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.             
  Page H1386
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H1384, H1385, and 
H1385-86. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 9:44 p.m.